Patents by Inventor J. Blair Miller

J. Blair Miller has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Return fuel diffusion device and fuel guide
    Patent number: 8469008
    Abstract: A fuel pump module mounted to a fuel tank may employ a flange on a top surface of the fuel tank, a fuel inlet pipe that passes through the flange, a fuel reservoir situated near a bottom interior surface of the fuel tank, and a fuel diffuser, which may be attached to the fuel inlet pipe, that protrudes away from the flange into an interior volume of the reservoir. A fuel cylinder may surround at least part of a longitudinal length of the fuel diffuser to control passage of fuel and bubbles and may have a first end that is open and a second end that is attached to a top surface of a bottom wall of the reservoir. Alternatively, the fuel cylinder may be attached at a first end to the fuel inlet pipe and define a second end that is open such that the fuel cylinder and a reservoir bottom define a gap therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignees: DENSO International America, Inc., Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick Powell, J. Blair Miller
  • RETURN FUEL DIFFUSION DEVICE AND FUEL GUIDE
    Publication number: 20110146628
    Abstract: A fuel pump module mounted to a fuel tank may employ a flange on a top surface of the fuel tank, a fuel inlet pipe that passes through the flange, a fuel reservoir situated near a bottom interior surface of the fuel tank, and a fuel diffuser, which may be attached to the fuel inlet pipe, that protrudes away from the flange into an interior volume of the reservoir. A fuel cylinder may surround at least part of a longitudinal length of the fuel diffuser to control passage of fuel and bubbles and may have a first end that is open and a second end that is attached to a top surface of a bottom wall of the reservoir. Alternatively, the fuel cylinder may be attached at a first end to the fuel inlet pipe and define a second end that is open such that the fuel cylinder and a reservoir bottom define a gap therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicants: DENSO INTERNATIONAL AMERICA, INC., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick Powell, J. Blair Miller